‘I never said that’, says Anand Mahindra on Twitter to quote attributed to him

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, November 21

Social media is a platform where bogus quotes are attributed to famous personalities which they have never said but go viral nevertheless. It could harm reputations or influence people.

Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra is quite active on social media and is known for sharing entertaining, informative, witty pictures and videos that garner the attention of netizens.

The industrialist in his latest Twitter post pointed out a quote falsely attributed to him. While calling out the quote falsely attributed to him, he posted memes in reaction to the false news. He further stated that he would be taking legal action against such acts.

“As a colleague told me: ‘It looks like it’s hunting season on you with miscreants on the internet.’ Another completely fabricated quote falsely attributed to me. I’ll be taking legal action. Meanwhile, I’m going to post the 2 memes to the right, below, whenever I spot more fakes![sic],” Anand Mahindra wrote.

Just two days earlier on November 19, Mahindra called out a fake article by blastheincome.com that claimed he had in a recent TV interview said his number-one money-maker is a cryptocurrency platform called Bitcoin Era.